I'm going to be a contestant on British quiz show Pointless! It's a popular quiz show which, I think, averages ~3 million views per episode - largely in the UK. I'd love to get in a promotion for EA or something EA-ish. There is a 20 second personal intro (e.g. at 3:24) and sometimes 5 seconds to talk about where your prize money would go.
Has anyone considered if there's anything effective to get across in a short time to a large general audience? Would be very interested if there are resources/previous discussions - and welcome opinions too. This isn't necessarily an elevator pitch for EA though- it may just be a brief reference in my personal intro (I'm unsure how formulaic the show is).
Initial thoughts are, I study AI so would probably talk plans to work on safe AI. Could talk about giving 10% to charity. I could also name-check CEA or 80,000 hours, or possibly someone like GovAI if I got as far as winning money.
I applied last night, had a pre-screening interview just now, and filming is on Monday (edit: now delayed to Spring 2022) - so haven't thought through much... Any advice on picking up lots of general knowledge in a weekend would be lovely too.
I wondered this as well. I think the context here makes me think otherwise:
It's a positive-spirited show where contestants are treated well, so wouldn't be like a debate or a news article.
It's this or not this (rather than choosing to allocate resource in high-fidelity rather than mass media).
Do you think something broad, like Aaron's suggested 'I like thinking about effective altruism, which is the art of doing as much good as you can with your money and your time' has possible negatives, like being misinterpreted badly or putting people off EA?